When Lajos Molnár loses his job and his love his friends tell him that a recently deceased Argentinian relative left millions to him.

Love, rivalry and humiliation in a Hungarian village.

Little Sutyi lives in the suburb, trying to make some money doing minor jobs.

Karoline and her daughter Marlene do not know that their long-absent son and brother Franz has been killed in the war. Franz's soldier friend Alwin goes to tell them the news, but in the event he can't bring himself to tell them the truth.